The Irish standard., 1887-08-20

these places on Sunday III direct viola
tion OF the ordinance. Attorney Ryar
quickly replied, "Yes. aud approved BY
the city authorities
| Bishop ireland Speaks.
Pioneer Press, Sunday, August H.
In a recent issue of the Pioneer
Press interviews with leading German
citizens were published relative to the
alleged disaffection among them and
their Irish Catholic brethren in the
Northwest. 1t will be remembered
that assertions were made by the East
err press and DR.. McGlynn to the ef-
feet that this portion Of the republic
was in a state of chaos in so far as the
question involved was concerned. The
Germans interviewed, however, dis
PEELED all do;.bt on this point and gave
most emphatic assurances that there
was naught but good feeling among the
German and Irish Catholics. The OBJ
jects of the coming German Catholic
congress at Chicago was dealt with, and
the statement that an attempt then and
there be made to Germanize the Catho-
lie Church was denounced as untrue.
The delegates from st. Paul will oppose
any such movement should some over,
enthusiastic individual bring up the
question. Yesterday Bishop ireland
was interviewed in regard to the mat
ter. He dealt with the subject in g.
| clear, liberal and exhaustive manner.
WHAT THE BISHOP SAYS.
The Catholics Of German birth OF
descent in America are making no at
tempt to Germanze either Church or
country. Assertions to the contrary
are founded, so far as they have any
| foundations, upon the sayings of indy
idual Germans, who are in no way rep
resentative men, and who have no no.
ticeable following. Very naturally and
very legitimately, Germans in America
retain a strong love for their native
land and it's language. They desire that
their children learn the German Ian
g,iage; it is taught in parish schools.
No fault, surely, may be found in them
for this. The German language, even
apart from the many fond associations
! which endear it to them, is most useful
in daily life, and is an adornment to a
| "a tr ho
for mere educational considerations
that Americans, whose mother tongue
is the English, sought more than they
usually do to encourage in their chill
dren the study OF foreign languages.
But there is no ground whatever for
charge that Germans are backward in
learning the English. or that IN schools
maintained by Germans due attention
is not given to the study of the English
language. A visit to those schools, a
glance at the programme of studies,
will give sufficient evidence ON this
point. That the English language pre-
walls will s'e seen from the fact that in
their recitation hours the pupils. left To
themselves, speak English as if they
knew no ether tongue. Germans are
common-sense, practical people: they
know that a perfect knowledge OF Eng
lish is necessary to their children, that
they may in after life fill their parts in
social. commercial and civil life. aud it
We're absurd to imagine that sentiment
or attachment to Il land which they will
never again see would stand in the way
of their giving to their children the
precise instruction which will be con-
ductive to their best interests. No one
can for moment doubt that our Ger
man citizens are among the most loyal
of Americans. most devoted to the in.
stitutions Of the country, most proud
of its liberty, and, in their loyalty, ready
to embrace in practical life all that is
useful, honorable and legitimate in Am
erican manners and ideas. 1 kno"
there are among us some who wish i'm
migrants from Europe, whether Ger
mans, Irish, French,or Scandinavians, to
be at a moments notice. so soon as they
reach Castle Garden, nletamorphose d
into -hedged Americans. But we
cannot expect the impossible. Time is
needed, and, in a too hurried transfor-
nation, we should remember, immi-
grants, whoever they be, might lose not
few things, which, for the good of
America. it were we'll they retain. In
| their religious affairs. German Catho-
lies are no less loyal to the Church than
they are to the republic in their civil
affairs We have in America Catholics
speaking several foreign languages. In
St. Paul there are no less than eight
languages spoken By Catholics. They
all have the same faith and obey the
same spiritual authority. In the per-
sons of those placed over them they see
not their nationality, not their individ-
ual qualifications, but authority. 1t is
necessary that all facilities be given to
Catholics to